Speech delay…?

My 9 month old is pretty much only saying “dada” - what words are everyone else’s babies saying at this age? Should I be worried?

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Babies are supposed to say words at that age? 🙃

All I've got ehhhh, iiiiiii and ahhh. Along with some weird gurgle noise and some sort of clicking like a giger counter.

Apart from babbling (baba, mama, dada, rara etc) I don't think babies are expected to be saying actual words with meaning this early - some might but I don't think it's common!

Literally just screeching, random noises and ‘abooooeh’. No mama, dada baba here yet. All normal

No this is normal!

We have dada/daddy, eat, please, duck, attack (she says this then pushes us down and crawls all over us while licking us 😂) and ta. But it is far from what is expected at this age. If they are saying mama/dada then they are right on track. Odelia is just super chatty

No words yet

My daughter literally just snorts and sometimes mid cry it sounds like Mama but I’ve only ever heard it in a cry so not counting it. My son was only classed as having a speech delay when he hit 2 and could only say/use around 5 words x

We have “iyaaa” when we say hello! Mama, dada, baba, and just pure screams of happiness

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